After graduating in physics from German Heidelberg University in 2003, Dr. Helge Haverkamp completed his doctoral studies on novel manufacturing processes for PV devices at the University of Konstanz in 2009. He started as a senior development engineer at a German medium-sized company in the engineering and automation sector before taking over their R&D responsibilities in 2014. He has been Head of Process Technology at centrotherm since September 2019 and joined the Management Board in 2021.